Information on Honeysuckle

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1 to 8 meters or 4 to 25 feet
Woodlands and Hedgerows
Spring onwards
Jupiter
Earth or Air
Arianrhood, Angus Mac Og
Money and wealth, Psychic, Protection, Love
Summer Solstice, Litha or June
Tuesday
White, Pink, Yellow, Blue or Silver

Does not have real bark just a thin skin that once dry becomes flaky, so in most cases is removed. Also wands from this material tend to be thinner, thicker wands would do damage to the Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle is suitable for all wand sizes from 6 inches to 13 inches. It can be quite a knobbly wood and thinner than average. It is impossible to get perfectly straight wands naturally from this material, there is no significant bark and the stem is hollow.
Bark will be removed unless I am asked to leave it.

Stripped Bark
The body will then be sanded to a glossy smooth finish allowing any grain and knot features to be seen. This option is also ideal if you are considering to have pyrographed symbols on the wand body. It is considered by some that by removing the bark you loose some of the properties of the wand material. I feel it is very important that a wand of this style be waxed or varnished to protect the wood which will taint extremely easily.

Braid
I am not happy to ship a wand without braid, especially at the tip as this helps to strengthen a wand. If no braid is selected I will use a braid of a colour I feel is suitable from the economy braid range.

I will ship a wand with no braid if this is specifically asked for and the possible consequences of not having braid are understood.